Chapter 222 One shock after another...
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: Um... this is the quality of a cross-time-space call. Even the most powerful amplifier can't overcome the barrier of time and space.]
Oh, then there's nothing we can do.
"Ah, it's a problem with my network," Morabushi Kagemitsu replied, so as not to make her think that she could be easily eavesdropped on by anyone.
Although he said that, he still habitually walked around the room, his eyes constantly glancing at corners that were usually inconspicuous.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: With Hasegawa around, who can still plant listening devices at your place?]
He smiled, said a few words to Vermouth, and then quickly hung up the phone.
Frugality is a virtue.
He looked at the considerable amount of spacetime energy he had consumed with a heavy heart and told himself this.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: ...Ugh, this phone bill is way too expensive. If we make a few more calls, our mission will be for nothing... Huh?! Wait, Jing, have you checked the anti-fraud app? What's our mission?]
...You're asking me about something like this? Don't you live there?
Morofushi Kagemitsu brought up the page and opened the app without much hope. Sure enough, he scrolled through all the function icons but found not a single clue about this time travel.
He knew that fate would only intensify its targeting. The previous times it had directly confiscated his task boxes and text; how could it possibly make an exception this time? If he actually managed to get it, he'd probably suspect it was some kind of trick.
[Anti-fraud expert #66: ...No need to be so careful = = This is our base camp after all; even if it tries to interfere, it can't interfere at this level.]
Well, even without the mission outline, it's okay. Based on the pattern, we can roughly deduce that the mission is linked to the final all-out attack. Furthermore, the target is an undercover agent, and it's connected to Curaçao; I'm afraid that person…
[Anti-fraud expert #66: -- It's very likely Zero.]
...Even Zero can't escape it.
The survival rate of him and his circle of friends is rather touching.
[Anti-Fraud 66: At least you don't have to worry so much now. With you and me here, how could anything really happen to him? The most important thing right now is to figure out where we should intervene.]
I have some ideas about this now; I can start with the intelligence Rum has recently acquired.
Morofushi Kagemitsu pulled out a photo taken from the sky by a drone: the person in the photo was Rum after removing his disguise, and he was holding several photos in his hand.
The anti-fraud camera worked very well, capturing the contents of the photos clearly. He studied it carefully for a while, only recognizing one set of photos as those of Shinichi Kudo and Conan Edogawa. As for the other set…
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: Those eyebrows and eyes do look a bit like... wait, let me check the database. I have this feeling I've looked at this person before...? Eek! This mature blonde beauty is Akai Mary! An M16 agent, and... Akai Shuichi's mother!]
Zhu Fujingguang gasped.
How did this get involved with the Akai family?! He thought Rum had just guessed the side effects of APTX-4869, but he never expected their secrets to be dug up so deeply, to the point of having their family members kidnapped as test subjects for the drug. And, unfortunately, judging from the photos, it seems to have been successful…
Thinking about it carefully, all Shuichi Akai did was choose to date Akemi Miyano in order to uncover the secrets of the organization's research institute, and now his whole family has been killed by the organization. That's just too tragic...
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: This luck is unbelievable! How come they could just grab any undercover relative and find out about this shrinking side effect? Could it be that we haven't fully understood this drug yet? Our initial analysis... ah!]
What happened now? Don't tell me there's something wrong with your analysis results.
[Anti-fraud expert #66: No, it's not that! It's that the part of APTX-4869 that's being interfered with can be deconstructed! I'll use the formula prepared by #198 to see... Ee!]
What shocking information have you discovered this time? Heh, as long as you don't tell me that Akai Mary and Miyano Elena are the same person, I can accept any other information.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: ...]
What's the meaning of your silence? Could they really be the same person? Then... then Shuichi Akai and Akemi Miyano...
[Anti-fraud expert #66: No, it hasn't come to that yet. Mary Akai and Elena Miyano are not the same person; they are, biological sisters.]
ah……
Morofushi Kagemitsu opened his mouth, only to find that the truth was just one step away from his outrageous imagination.
So, those two are cousins...
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: Is that all you're thinking about right now...? Aren't you going to ask me how I found out about this?]
He didn't answer, still immersed in the shock he had just experienced.
[Anti-Fraud King No. 66: ...Since you didn't ask, then I'll tell you! The interfered part of APTX-4869 consists of two special gene sequences. One is extremely similar to Shinichi Kudo, and the other is theirs.]
Oh, I see. So the pharmacological analysis was interfered with because it was related to the main characters?
[Anti-fraud expert #66: Right? I was wondering why this drug could be compared to two key experimental bases. Turns out it's because of the added "plot lock"...]
Wait, something still feels off.
It's understandable that the medicine contains genes from Miyano's family; we are the creators, so it's not surprising that we would include our own genes. But why would it contain genes from Shinichi Kudo's family? If I remember correctly, they have no connection whatsoever.
[Anti-fraud expert #66: Hmm... Vermouth knows them, but it's obvious she wouldn't act as a go-between. Let me check the medicine; there might be another surprise. Since the organization makes the medicine to serve the Karasuma family, we can directly compare it with Gojo Shunsuke's genes...]
You go ahead and find it. I'll try to get this information to Zero.
Seeing that Number 66 remained silent, Morofushi Kagemitsu assumed that the alpaca was working diligently, so he decided not to disturb it. He took out his laptop and started working on his own tasks, while also asking the butler, Hase, in the living room to check on the current situation of Poirot Cafe.
No matter how you look at it, the news that Shinichi Kudo is still alive and has shrunk is not good for him to get through Rum's clutches. The sooner he knows, the better he can figure out a way to deal with it.
The room fell silent for a moment, with only the faint sound of keyboard typing audible.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: ...Jing, tell me the truth, did you already figure this out? Or did #234 tell you that information?]
? ? ?
What are you talking about?
I have no secrets to hide from you anymore. I've already told you the information that Number 234 gave me. You're not like Number 205, who I need to be wary of. Why would I hide anything from you?
[Anti-fraud expert #66: Then why did you tell Vermouth on the phone, "You should also know that the organization will never give up its plans built up over so many years"? If it weren't for that, that woman wouldn't have been willing to discuss things with you so quickly.]
...No, have you forgotten? The "Silver Bullet" was developed decades ago, wasn't it? Now the organization is letting Sherry take over just to continue the old plan, isn't it? I'm just trying to make this sound grander so I can better convince Vermouth.
What's wrong with you? Has fate interfered with your memories? But you're clearly in a time warp right now...
[Anti-fraud expert #66: ...Oh, never mind then. Anyway, I just discovered that the Kudo Shinichi family seems to be related to the Karasuma Group.]
Oh, I see. I thought it was a bug on your end...
...
Wait... Did you just mention something new? Did I hear you wrong?
Number 66 directly mapped the comparison diagram of Shinichi Kudo and Shunsuke Goto's gene sequences onto the computer, oh, and didn't forget to put the two special genes encoded into APTX-4869 aside.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: It should be obvious now, right? A straight 3:1. Except for the one from the Miyano family, the other three look like they're from the same family. Just to clarify, I wasn't just comparing blood samples; I compared other types of samples too.]
...
That……
[Anti-fraud expert #66: By the way, while you were distracted, I put Akai Shuichi's DNA in for testing again, and it matched our conclusions. You can't exactly say that the hair you found later was a hair transplanted by Akai Shuichi, can you? To confirm that the formula used by #198 was correct, I also used biological samples from Chianti and Cohen as a control group, and the results were all normal.]
...
I was just too shocked.
Is it possible that Gin is actually our best accomplice as an undercover agent, and that all his attacks are directed at our own people?
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: Although... well, if this joke helps you accept reality faster, I don't mind telling another one.]
That's not necessary.
Admittedly, even someone as composed as him would find it difficult to calmly process so much overly stimulating information in a short period of time, but what kind of explosive news hasn't he seen? He can!
However… his hand hovered above the keyboard, and he hesitated to share this secret with Zero.
[Anti-Fraud King No. 66: This kind of intelligence might not be crucial in our final battle, but it's very effective at intimidating those riddle-makers in the organization. Didn't you see that with Vermouth just now? Passing this kind of intelligence, which can be used for exchange and intimidation, to Zero is still quite useful.]
Too.
He adjusted his mindset and instead of typing the text directly, he used a code word and sent it in a more subtle way.
This was a secret code they used when they were kids; no one but themselves could understand it…
!!
Morobuchi Kagemitsu was taken aback and quickly retracted the message.
He stared nervously at the chat window between him and Zero, never before had he so desperately hoped that Zero would multitask and not just keep staring at the screen waiting for his message!
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